Cremation Continues to Dominate Funeral Industry in South Korea

SEOUL, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Health and Welfare has announced plans to develop new funeral facilities, pushing the cremation rates past 90 percent by 2022. The new plan will see a total of 52 new crematoriums built across South Korea over the next five years, with 23 scheduled in Gyeonggi Province alone, [...]